diff --git a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
index d7f8f919c3..c38720afdb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
@@ -709,12 +709,13 @@ def package_qa_walk(warnfuncs, errorfuncs, package, d):
     warnings = {}
     errors = {}
     for path in pkgfiles[package]:
-            elf = oe.qa.ELFFile(path)
-            try:
-                elf.open()
-            except (IOError, oe.qa.NotELFFileError):
-                # IOError can happen if the packaging control files disappear,
-                elf = None
+            elf = None
+            if os.path.isfile(path):
+                elf = oe.qa.ELFFile(path)
+                try:
+                    elf.open()
+                except oe.qa.NotELFFileError:
+                    elf = None
             for func in warnfuncs:
                 func(path, package, d, elf, warnings)
             for func in errorfuncs: